On a three-month moving average basis, the open position rate for the construction sector held constant at 2.1% for July. The construction sector hiring rate, as measured on a three-month moving average basis, declined to 4.9% in July, continuing decreases …

The construction worker who fell to his death from an Upper East Side building under renovation was the seventh hardhat to be killed in the city this year — a number on pace to beat the city’s eight construction site fatalities in 2014, officials said.

As construction heats up, so does worker shortageUSA TODAYConstruction of homes and commercial buildings is up significantly this year but the industry would be sizzling if not for a critical shortage of workers, industry officials say. The labor crunch is delaying projects, raising home prices and forcing …

The building recovery has exacerbated a shortage of construction workers. (Photo: Seth Perlman, AP) Construction of homes and commercial buildings is up significantly this year but the industry would be sizzling if not for a critical shortage of workers …

We are more than half way through 2015 and dwelling commencements have reached an all-time record high of 203,706 in the year to March, an increase of 15.6 per cent year-on-year. While the building and construction industry is doing the heavy lifting in …

A former Mount Horeb wrestling coach allegedly bid for jobs privately and worked with customers of a construction company, where he was employed, to get paid directly instead of the company getting paid, according to criminal complaint. Todd Seiler, 49, of …